Meet our African Partners
Tanzania: Maanda Ngoitiko, Pastoral Women's Council
Maanda has personally brought about more change for the women of Tanzania than almost any other person. In the years that Maanda has been working with Global Partners, 6,000 lives have been positively affected with many more to come. She is a pillar of strength and represents the growing voice of women in Africa. The Pastoral Women’s Council is the organization that Maanda created to enable Maasai women to own cattle in their own right and to give them a voice in local decision-making for the first time. Global Partners is proud to sponsor many of the PWC’s projects which have transformed the lives of so many women and their families.
Tanzania: Juma Sulle
Juma has worked with Global Partners since 1989, developing new projects, interpreting cultural and language differences, and supporting communications for, and training of, project leaders in much of Tanzania.
Uganda: Reverend Rueben Tusingwire
Rueben has worked with Global Partners for the past 7 years and currently oversees approximately 3,500 people in 14 communities in Uganda. His goal is that every person reach their potential. He advises community groups about raising animals for income and nutrition, and has chaired national commissions on women's economic development issues. Recently Reuben helped form eleven women’s cooperatives into a larger organization, the first of its kind in Uganda, that provides better access to information and resources and gives the members a greater voice in their future.
Kenya: Joyce Oneko - Mama na Dada
Joyce Oneko left a lucrative law practice after twenty five years when she lost her only son in a road accident. Born in 1953 in Kisumu, Kenya, Joyce went to a local school before leaving her village to attend a girl's high school on scholarship. Later she studied Sociology and obtained a law degree. Joyce believes that there can be no lasting improvement in the lives of women if girls are not given the opportunity to achieve their true potential. She co-created Mama na Dada in 1998 to address these potentials.
Kenya: Francesca Gikandi
Francesca has worked with Global Partners for 9 years overseeing the education, vocational training and mentoring of 4,500 young women in Kenya. An AIDS orphan herself, she is dedicated to the success of others who have lost their parents due to AIDS. Her work with the Kimlea Girls Technical Training Center has benefited hundreds of women and girls working in extremely harsh conditions on the tea plantations in Kenya.
Current Project Locations
Tanzania
Arkaria: Build two small dams with Arkaria Community Based Organization; build small dam for multiuse by humans & livestock with Arkaria Community Based Organization
Endudumunye: Start zero grazing cow project with Endudumunye Women's Group
Kijimo: Buy a refrigerator, generator, two milk separators, and a cook stove for the Kijimo Women's Cheese Project
Lengijave: Build six classrooms for primary school with Lengijave Village Council
Msasani: Start zero-grazing cow project with Msasani Women's Group
Mukulat : Construct girl’s hostel - Mukulat Secondary School
Oldonyosambu: Construct girl’s hostel - Oldonyosambu Secondary School
Pastoral Women Council: Construct water tank and rain gutters for Pastoral Women’s Council ; buy vehicle for transporting members Pastoral Women Council; build two classrooms at Monderosi; build a teacher's house in Kirtalo
Rehema: Buy sewing machines for Rehema Women's Group
Sokon: Buy milling machine and feed mixer for Sokon II Village Council
Wito: Start zero-grazing cow project with Wito Women's Group
Heifer International: Support Heifer International Tanzania - Maasai Camel Project
Direct Relief International: Fund shipment of drugs and medical supplies to clinics and dispensaries
Kenya
Godber: Build extension of maternity ward for Godber Community Dispensary
Kimlea: Outreach Programme and Adult Literacy Program with Kimlea Girls' Technical Training Centre
Matata: Matata Nursing Hospital - Renovation of maternity ward; buy two incubators for premature babies
Pumwani: Crescent Medical Aid - Pumwani Feeding Programme
Uganda
Bugarama: Start pig project in support of education goals with Bugarama Women's Club
Expand poultry raising project with Kanungu Single Parents Group
Kanungu: Begin goat rearing and tree planting project with Kanungu Development Club
Kanyamomo: Begin Goat Rearing Project with Kanyamomo Women Bataka Kwebeisaho Association
Kashenyi: Expand zero-grazing project with Kashenyi Women's Progressive Group
Katonya: Expand nursery and start small knitting business with Katonya Rural Women's Development Club
Kicwamba: Start zero grazing heifer & goat project with Kicwamba Women's Group
Kirima: Develop and finance start-up of Agricultural Microfinance Program with Kirima Women's Association
Nyarurambi: Build cattle dip with Nyarurambi Women Farmers Association
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Meet our Partner Organizations
Direct Relief International, Santa Barbara, CA
Founded in 1948, Direct Relief International is a non-profit, non-sectarian humanitarian assistance organization based in Santa Barbara, CA. For 55 years, Direct Relief International has provided medical material assistance in the form of pharmaceuticals, supplies, and new and refurbished medical equipment to over 3,000 charitable health facilities world wide and within the US. In 2003, the organization provided more than $93 million [wholesale] value in medicines, supplies and equipment to health projects in 61 countries, enough provisions to keep hundreds of local health professionals and clinics productively engaged and provide full courses of medical treatment for over 10 million people. Direct Relief International was cited by Forbes Magazine in December 2003 as a U.S. charity with 100% efficiency and charitable commitment and by Consumers Digest as one of only five of the leading U.S. charitable organization evaluated to receive 99% or better efficiency ranking in their 2003 survey of major U.S. charities. Worth Magazine named Direct Relief International among “America’s Best 100 Charities” in its December 2001/January 2002 edition, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy continues to rank Direct Relief International as the largest private international relief organization in California. The organization’s website is www.directrelief.org. In 2004 Global Partners donated $3 million worth of multi-vitamins, the largest such donation of vitamins in Direct Relief International’s 56-year history, and funded the shipment of these vital supplements which DRI distributed. Vitamins will help children who are not receiving adequate nutrition and will boost the immune systems of both expectant mothers and people with HIV/AIDS. The cost of the shipment was a fraction of the total value of the drugs. By leveraging support in this manner, our donations go further and many more people receive the help they need.
Mama Na Dada, Nairobi, Kenya
Mama na Dada--Africa is a non-profit, non-governmental organization formed by and for African women to support the empowerment of the African girl child. They are a registered charity in Bondo District and Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Their mission is to reduce the vulnerability to exploitation of girls in Africa through: Research into the barriers to girl’s education and development; Promotion of access to education, both formal and informal; Training to build self-esteem and learn life skills.
Mama na Dada--Africa funds student scholarships for formal education. They also develop less formal training in life skills to improve the lives of women and children. Mama na Dada--Africa carries out research focusing on discrimination and exploitation of the girls and behavior changes among youth. Their studies include a baseline survey on school drop-out rates for girls in Bondo District and on sexual harassment, abuse and exploitation of young girls by those in authority.
Their trained Community Health Workers walk dozens of miles each week to visit AIDS clients too ill to come to the Center bringing porridge ingredients, nursing care, counseling, occasional legal advice and love and compassion to these gravely ill people.
Mama na Dada--Africa runs Recreational Youth and VCT (HIV/AIDS Testing) Centers in Bondo District and Nairobi. Trained, qualified Counselor/Trainers offer AIDS testing and Post-Test Clubs to support those who come to the Centers, regardless of their HIV status. The Centers provide a much needed gathering place for young people to socialize and increase HIV/AIDS awareness and compassion within the whole community. They have organized the “STAY ALIVE” Youth Group, a learning forum for 12 to 25 year old girls and boys. Members have carried out many projects including disseminating HIV prevention strategies through drama; conducting clean-up days in the slums; helping put on self-esteem building events; helping repair and rebuild homes for widows, orphans and PLWAs (People Living with AIDS.)
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